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1903- Opening of the Historians International Conference in Rome.
1918- Establishing the British royal air force.
1933- The Indian air force founded.
1939- General Francisco Franco announces end of civil war in Spain.
1991- Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid announces the first multi-party general elections in Alegria.
1998- Face of statue of Akhenaten King unearthed in al-Sharqiya province in Egypt.
2001- Yugoslav police arrests former President Slobodan Milosevic on charges of committing war crimes.
2009- Croatia and Albania join the NATO.
Born today:
1841- Egyptian leader Ahmad Orabi.
1968- Lebanese singer Julia Boutros.
Passed away
1974- Iraqi writer Qasem Mohammad al-Rajab.
1987- Egyptian poet Abdul-Rahman al-Khumaisi.
R. al-Jazaeri/H. Said
